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The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, was a massive assault, starting 1 July 1916, on German defences near the Somme River in Northern France by combined British, Commonwealth and French forces.

This sheet of 20 UK Letter stamps has been issued with labels featuring a series of photographs taken at the Somme. A background image shows the graves of British soldiers at The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme in Northern France.